Brie Larson took the award for lead actress in a motion picture, drama, for her leading role in “Room.” But as a natural introvert, all of the attention has been overwhelming.
“You feel like you have a friend wherever you go,” she said about having fans.
Nonetheless, as she continues to talk about the film she discovers new things about it and how it connects with different people.
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“It’s all been so new to me and being in the cycle of talking about the same movie as long as I have,” she said. “To find new meaning within this movie has been absolutely incredible.”
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Comedian and host Ricky Gervais opened the show with jokes that made some laugh hysterically, and others cringe.
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Jennifer Lawrence accepts the award for actress in a motion picture comedy for her role in “Joy.” “Every time I’m up here, it’s because of you,” Lawrence said of her director David O. Russell.
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In the final award of the night, Alejandro G. Inarritu accepts the honor for motion picture drama for his film “The Revenant.”
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Brie Larson accepts the award for actress in a motion picture drama for her role in “Room.” After a long list of folks to shout out, she said, “I’m sorry to anyone I forgot, I’ll write you a thank you card.”
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As Taraji P. Henson walked to the stage to accept her award for actress in a TV drama, she passed out cookies to those around her, including one to Lady Gaga. “Cookies for everyone tonight, my treat,” she said for her winning role playing a character named Cookie in “Empire.” And just as she was asked to wrap up her speech, she refused. “I waited 20 years for this,” Henson said.
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After being announced as a two-time Golden Globe award winner, Jim Carrey made it known that he isn’t just a regular person, he is a two-time Golden Globe award winner. Though, of course, his dreams won’t be fulfilled, as he said, until he becomes a three-time Golden Globe award winner.
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Presenter Morgan Freeman announces the nominees for directing.
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Alejandro G. Inarritu accepts the award for director for “The Revenant.”
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Presenter Andy Samberg sparks laughs.
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Michael Keaton takes the stage to present an award.
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Sophia Bush, left, and Kate Bosworth present an award onstage.
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Maggie Gyllenhaal introduces the nominated film “The Room.”
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Music, what music? Ridley Scott made sure to get in all this “thank yous” while accepting the award for motion picture comedy for “The Martian.”
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Larson is known to have done emotionally triggering roles. The reason? She respects people’s time.
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“The idea of someone sitting in a theater is very sacred to me,” she said. “That’s how I learned about the world and different cultures, about being a woman. When I grew up, I realized that with movie making, we can trick people into believing what we want.
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Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence
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Helen Mirren
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Laverne Cox at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards.
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Amy Adams; Will Smith and Jada Pinkett-Smith; and Lady Gaga
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Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart
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Katy Perry, Taylor Schilling and Kate Hudson
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Christian Bale and wife Sibi Blazic
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Regina King and Rachel Bloom.
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Dwayne Johnson and daughter Simone Alexandra Johnson
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Saoirse Ronan
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Julianne Moore, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis
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Director Tom McCarthy and his guest
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Lily Tomlin, Denis O’Hare and Uzo Aduba
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Liev Schreiber and Damian Lewis
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Brie Larson
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From left, actresses Leslie Mann, Zendaya and Eva Longoria.
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Amy Schumer
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Sylvester Stallone with wife and daughters
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Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler
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David and Jessica Oyelowo
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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, from left, Laverne Cox and Eva Longoria on the red carpet.
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Elvis Nolasco and Richard Cabral
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Wiz Khalifa
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Lola Kirke poses on the red carpet at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Emmy Rossum and Sam Esmail
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Zoe Kazan and Paul Dano
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Giuliana Rancic, Debbie Matenopoulos and Ken and Tran Jeong.
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Maria Menounos
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Ernst & Young couriers deliver the envelopes containing the winners to the 73rd Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Carly Steel, left, Brad Goreski and Louise Roe
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Fans in the bleachers watch the red carpet arrivals.
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Actor Alan Cumming documents the red carpet moment.
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Liz Hernandez, left, Carly Steel and Nancy O’Dell
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Nancy O’Dell at the 73rd Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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Bomb sniffing dogs walked the red carpet January 10, 2016 at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards show at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
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So she makes an effort to tell true stories to the best of her ability, she said.
And as far as celebrating with her co-star Jacob Tremblay: “I think we’re going to get a burger. Or cut a rug or something.”
Tre’vell Anderson is a former film reporter for the Los Angeles Times. A sociology graduate from Morehouse College in Atlanta, they also received their master’s in journalism from Stanford University. They left The Times in November 2018.
